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KB Article #176355

Policy Studio doesn't start with 'Error acquiring workspace lock - is the application already running? ' error

Problem

-- Policy Studio doesn't start with 'Error acquiring workspace lock - is the application already running ? ' error

Resolution

* remove 'lock' file and retry:

$ ll policystudio/trace/.metadata/.lock
-rw-rw-r-- 1 m m 0 Apr 22 09:58 policystudio/trace/.metadata/.lock
$ rm policystudio/trace/.metadata/.lock
$ ./policystudio/policystudio &